Robert Tycko

Robert Tycko (born 1959 ) is an American biophysicist whose research primarily involves solid state NMR, including the development of new methods and applications to various areas of physics, chemistry, and biology. He is a member of the Laboratory of Chemical Physics in the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, USA. physical properties of fullerenes, skyrmions in 2D electron systems, protein folding, and amyloid fibrils associated with Alzheimer’s disease and prions.

Education In 1980, Tycko received his bachelor's degree from Princeton University, 2001: NIH Director’s Award 2005: Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 2005: Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy, American Physical Society 2007: Hillebrand Prize, Chemical Society of Washington 2008: Fellow of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance 2014: Christian B. Anfinsen Award of the Protein Society 2020: Elected Member of the United States National Academy of Sciences